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A03697 Points of instruction for the ignorant as also, an expositition on the ten commandements, and the Lords Prayer, by questions and answeres. With an examination before our comming to the Lords table. And a short direction for spending of time well. By Robert Horne. Horne, Robert, 1565-1640.; Horne, Robert, 1565-1640. aut 1617 (1617) STC 13824; ESTC S120917 35,674 114

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body truly to put difference betwéene the signes and things signified VVhat of your faith Whether I bee in the faith beleeuing ●…hat t●…e death of Christ as it is auail●… for all the 〈◊〉 so it is particularly auaileable for me VVhat of your loue Whether I bee in charity with all men euen with my very enemies louing them vnto and for their true welfare and not my friends only VVhat of your repentance Whether I acknowledge my sinnes with a sorrowfull and melting heart and vnfainedly purpose to depart from all practice of them heereafter by amendment of life VVhat of your thankfulnesse Whether I be ready to expresse it in my Christian conuersation and new life for my redemption by Christ. VVhat of the workes of your particular calling Whether with some greater measure of obedience and better of better conscience in all patience and good faithfulnesse I walke or do truly purpose to walke therein to mine owne great peace and the benefit of those to whom God hath ioined me So much for that which you giue to Christ the Head what giue you to the Church his members A fellow stone in the spirituall building that is a member to help to make perfect the body of Christ. What doth this teach That they that are negligent or prophane commers to the Lords Table do detract from the per●…ion of Christs body and seuer themselues from the society of his Church So much for our giftes what doe we receiue at the Lords Table That which we receiue there concerneth our selues alone or our selues with others What is that that concerneth our selues alone The strengthening of our faith and memory by the reuerent and right vse of that holy action How is our faith strengthened and 〈◊〉 ●…olpen by it 〈◊〉 ●…ing that in the Sacrament which 〈◊〉 but heare of in the Word namely the par●…cular offering and receiuing of Christ in his body and sauing bloud by all bele●…ing Communicants So much 〈◊〉 that which concerneth our selue●… alone what is that that concerneth our selues with others It concerneth our growing vp with Christ and our communion with our breth●…en How do we receiue our growing vp 〈◊〉 Christ We receiue it with Christ by spiritual eating and drinking and by a more full partaking with him and his graces through faith increased and that vse 〈◊〉 his ●…dinance blessed vnto vs. How do we receiue our communion with our brethren By 〈◊〉 our mutuall agréement in as much as we eate all of one bread and drinke all of one Cup. How else By feeding all of the same foode bodily and spiritually and by drawing all life from the same fountaine as the life of grace which heere we receiue and the l●…fe of glory which in heauen we shall be partakers of Amen So much for our examination before the Sacrament 〈◊〉 23. 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with a Ruler 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thee A short Direction for spending of time well HOw doe you diuide the daies of mans life Into the daies of labour and daves of holinesse VVhat say you of the daies of labor These concerne the works of our calling or workes of helpe vnto them What be the works of our calling The workes of that trade of life in which God hath placed vs. What must a man do in these By offering them to God he must walke in them neither slackly nor deceitfully but with Christian diligence and good conscience following his owne businesse with quietnesse and walking with God Then euery one must haue some speciall call●…g trade of life to liue in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or hée is no sound member of the Christian common wealth 〈◊〉 a rotten member in the body of the same that deserueth a cutting off So much for the workes of our callings what say you of the workes of helpe vnto them They concerne duties to be done before the worke or that day after What must we doe in the morning before our worke Prayse God for his mercy the night past and pray vnto him for his further mercy and blessing the day present How shall we prayse God By giuing him thanks and by shewing our thankfulnesse How is our thankfulnesse shewed Inwardly or outwardly How inwardly By pleasing God in our vnderstanding thoughts desire affections and ●…ill How outwardly By pleasing him in our words and deeds How in our words When they be gracious alway VVhat things hurt this grace of speech Lying swearing brawling ●…lthie speaking foolish talking 〈◊〉 that is not comely and contention that causeth stri●… How in our deedes These are in the duties of our generall callings as we are Christians or our particular trades of life wherein some are Magistrates some Masters and seruants some Marchants Artificers Husbandmen and the like What are our duties as we be Christians These concerne God or man What are they that concerne God They are in the foure Commaundements of the first Table called godlinesse What are they that concerne man They concerne our selues or our neighbour What is that that concerneth our selues Sobriety which is inward and teacheth vs not to presume aboue that which is meete and outward in our apparell dyet outward members and senses What must our apparell be Such as becommeth those that professe the feare of God What call you sobriety in dyet That grace of temperance that consi●…eth in the moderate vse of meates drinkes sleepe and such outwarde things What sobriety is that which you call sobriety of sense and the outward members Sobriety of sense is a watchfulnes in it and sobriety of the members a chastity in them So much for the generall d●…ety that concerneth our selues called sobrietie what is that that concerneth our neighbour It is contained in the sixe last Commandements being Commandements of the second Table called Righteousnesse So much for our general duties as we be Christians what say you of our particular duties or duties of trade of life These reach vnto all callings in the Church and Common-wealth but to our purpose in a family they concerne the Husband or Wife Parents or their Children the Master and his Seruants What is the Husbands dutie To dwel with his wife as a man of knowledge by instructing her and by obseruing for her better incouragement the good parts that are in her and to loue her as his owne ●…esh What is the wiues dutie To helpe her husband in the duties of the family also to feare and to be subiect to him What be the Parents duties They concerne the father and niether iointly or by themselues What be their ioint duties to their children In their tender yeeres they must instruct them plainely and season them with good things young giuing them due correction and at more yeeres fit them for some honest calling and when time serues laying vp somthing for them giue them in